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Zheng Qiuyang got even angrier when he saw how Yuan Rui was trying to act clueless. When in an aggravated mood, people usually subconsciously assume the worse out of every situation. Countless suspicions quickly popped up in his head.
Zheng Qiuyang said angrily, “I was wondering why Yang Lu nitpicked me so much, I thought she was really doing it for your sake. But apparently, this is also a thing?! You even flaunted how well she was treating you, were you doing it on purpose?!”
Yuan Rui quickly explained, “No, don’t get mad. I really didn’t know about it before. I only found out after I met Meng Lai in Hainan last time.”
Zheng Qiuyang was about to explode again. “You even met him in Hainan? Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I did,” Yuan Rui replied.
Zheng Qiuyang was sure that he’s never heard anything about Yuan Rui meeting Meng Lai in Hainan. He replied, “You didn’t!”
Yuan Rui persisted, “I really did.”
Zheng Qiuyang was extremely irked. “Looks like you’ve learned how to lie as well. Do I have to give you a beating before you tell me the truth?”
Yuan Rui was shocked, saying, “Are—are you going to resort to domestic violence?”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
Yuan Rui said timidly, “Don’t hit my face.”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
Zheng Qiuyang literally didn’t know what to do. He could continue scolding him, yet he couldn’t manage to say any more harsh words. He could give him an actual beating, but he couldn’t bear to either. However, it also didn’t seem right to just let this matter go.
Yuan Rui had learned how to lie! And it was for that Meng Lai person! He even called him godbrother! How can he just let this go? How can he?!
“Yuan-Ge,” Zhao Zhengyi poked his head out from the doorframe, asking cautiously, “Lingling-Jie left a while ago. Do you want to go home or what?”
Yuan Rui looked at Zheng Qiuyang.
Zheng Qiuyang stood up with a stone-cold expression. “We’ll discuss this at home.”
As he walked in front of him, Yuan Rui followed behind him like an obedient wife. The employees they passed by pretended to be working; they used their files and such as a cover while they took pictures discreetly with their flashlights off. Once the two were gone, everyone else immediately started gossiping with each other.
While driving them home, Zhao Zhengyi felt some tension in the air. When they were on the way to the company before, they had occasionally whispered to each other. But now it was all silent. Mr. Zheng was even facing the window the entire time.
He started making assumptions. They were probably not in the best mood due to the situation right now, plus, they had just finished a talk with Lingling-Jie in person.
So he tried comforting them out of consideration, “Don’t feel so down, guys. People are actually pretty accepting of this kind of stuff in this day and age. Yuan-Ge has never had any scandals before either. This little matter will be over in a few days. Plus, don’t we already have great support? Yuan-Ge, did you call our godmother yet? With her influence, this matter would be taken care of like a piece of cake…”
Tears were about to burst out of Yuan Rui’s eyes. Please stop speaking, almighty Zhao Zhengyi.
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Yuan Rui continued asking, “Fine probably means that there’s going to be a chance, so it was not bad, right? Are you guys gonna start dating?”
As he spoke, he slowly inched towards Zheng Qiuyang. Yuan Rui’s knee carefully came in contact with Zheng Qiuyang’s leg. Zheng Qiuyang shot him a glance but didn’t move away. Yuan Rui saw that the other didn’t seem to be as angry as he was before. He wanted to do some sweet talking to coax Zheng Qiuyang but he couldn’t bring himself to do it with Zhao Zhengyi in front of them. So Yuan Rui couldn’t do anything but just stare at Zheng Qiuyang. His dark eyes were rounded and his lips were slightly curled from the sorrow. He seemed like a Garfield cat trying his best to act cute, all that was missing was a couple of meows.
Zheng Qiuyang screamed inside, Holy fucking shit, he’s so cute, this is unfair!
However, he still tried to keep his frowning face on, not giving in to his cuteness.
Zhao Zhengyi had no idea what was happening in the back as he drove. He replied a little bashfully, “Nah, we can’t possibly move things this fast. Though it really wasn’t too bad, she probably feels the same about me. After I dropped her off at her house, we talked on the phone until midnight…” He had a slight drooling face, “She said that she’ll think of me as her godbrother for now.”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
Yuan Rui, “…”
Zhao Zhengyi felt like he wasn’t far away from leaving his single status. He spoke full of excitement and hope, “Godbrother, hahaha, doesn’t that have a nice ring to it?”
Zheng Qiuyang scooted away from Yuan Rui. He said with his arms crossed, “Xiao Zhao seems to know his stuff quite well.”
Yuan Rui looked like he was about to cry. He stared at the back of Zhao Zhengyi’s head. He kind of wanted to smack him.
Once he sent them home, Zhao Zhengyi left.
The two walked upstairs in silence. The first thing they did when entering was both taking part in closing all the curtains. Then, Zheng Qiuyang turned on the TV to watch soccer.
Yuan Rui circled around him to make himself seen. But Zheng Qiuyang ignored him and even said, “Move, don’t block the TV.”
Yuan Rui didn’t know much about soccer but seeing the “replay” box on the top right corner of the TV, he was able to tell that Zheng Qiuyang was ignoring him on purpose.
Afraid that Zheng Qiuyang might scold him again, he stopped walking in front of him. Instead, he went behind the sofa. He watered the flowers, changed the water in the fish tank, and mopped the floor; all while he kept looking over to check for any change in Zheng Qiuyang’s expression.
A little later, there was seriously nothing left for Yuan Rui to do, so he grabbed a chair to sit on. While Zheng Qiuyang watched the TV, he watched the back of Zheng Qiuyang’s head.
Zheng Qiuyang’s attention wasn’t on the TV at all. He already knew the ending of the match anyways. Instead, his attention was fully on the person behind him as he thought, What is he just sitting there like an idiot for?
As time went on, Yuan Rui spaced out at one point. While he stared at Zheng Qiuyang’s back, he thought, he’s so cool…wait no, didn’t we just have a fight?
On the other hand, Zheng Qiuyang thought, How can he be so dumb? Hurry up and come coax me!
Yuan Rui’s face scrunched together. Oh god! What should I do? We’ve never fought before, Qiuyang also said he was going to hit me!
Zheng Qiuyang thought, If Yuan Rui comes over right now and takes the initiative, I could forgive him.
Yuan Rui was getting uneasy. What if Qiuyang really beats me? Usually, domestic abuse continues to happen after just once.
Zheng Qiuyang waited for a few more minutes, then changed his mind again. If he won’t let me do him, then just acting cute would be acceptable too.
Yuan Rui was already imagining Zheng Qiuyang abusing him for the nth time. He was imagining himself going to the Women’s Federation for legal help with a bruised, tear-filled face…hm? Why does something seem off?
Zheng Qiuyang was impatient. He almost wanted to teach Yuan Rui step by step how he should coax his irritated partner.
At this time, Yuan Rui’s phone rang. Yuan Rui took it out to see that it was from Yang Lu. He didn’t necessarily want to pick it up, but for Yang Lu to call him at this time, it must be about the video. Should he pick up or not?
Zheng Qiuyang finally found the chance to turn around. He saw Yuan Rui’s struggling expression and asked with annoyance, “Who is it?”
Yuan Rui replied honestly, “My godmother.”
Zheng Qiuyang shot him a glare. “Do not answer.”
But Yuan Rui hesitated, “It has to be business-related.”
Zheng Qiuyang was raging. “What serious business can you and your first love’s mom have?”
Yuan Rui, “…”
In the end, Yuan Rui determined that his boyfriend was more important. He hung up and replied with a short message, saying that he was busy at the moment.
Seeing that he didn’t pick up, Zheng Qiuyang’s anger died down a bit. He had his head turned, waiting for the other’s apology.
But Yuan Rui merely sat there with his phone, looking down at the floor without making a noise.
Zheng Qiuyang couldn’t resist starting the conversation, “Don’t you have anything to say to me?”
Yuan Rui looked at him cautiously. “Yeah, a lot.”
“Then say it!”
“There’s too much, I don’t know how to start.”
It seemed like Yuan Rui had rehearsed his apology in his head several times, so Zheng Qiuyang was a bit gleed inside. However, he acted all vicious on the surface still, “Start with the most important point.”
Yuan Rui thought about it for a second. He picked what he thought was the most important and said, “Have you ever seen Don't Respond To Strangers?”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
Yuan Rui informed him in a serious manner, “It’s a TV drama about domestic abuse. Mr. Feng Yuanzheng is the main actor. He played the role of an admired doctor who seemed refined and elegant on the surface, but he had a very twisted mindset. He always suspected that his wife was cheating on him, so every time his suspicions went overboard, he would beat his wife. Then afterward, he’d regret it, but that’s no use because he continues the beating. He beats her, then regrets it, then beats her again, then regrets it again. Finally, he broke his wife’s leg, it was broken for real! He also has a younger brother who is a police officer, he was pretty hot…oh, I won’t go into details about that. Anyway, his wife suffered terribly! She couldn’t win against him in physical strength or divorce him, so she had no choice but to run away. However, he still found her…”
Yuan Rui described it with swinging arms and emotion-filled narration. Zheng Qiuyang couldn’t continue listening anymore. His neck was also getting sore from keeping his head turned. Finally, he stood up from the sofa to face him and said, “Stop right there, I’ll really hit you if you keep going!”
Yuan Rui shut his mouth and stood up as well.
There was a sofa separating them. The TV still had the soccer game playing, it was the halftime break so the screen displayed the television studio.
Zheng Qiuyang was becoming mentally exhausted. He asked, “After all this, don’t you think you’ve done anything wrong?”
Yuan Rui nodded strongly. “I do.”
“Then why aren’t you apologizing?”
Yuan Rui went along. “I’m sorry.”
Zheng Qiuyang thought there was no sincerity in his apology. He criticized, “Fix your attitude.”
Yuan Rui stood up straight to say again, “I’m sorry.”
Zheng Qiuyang threw out a threat, “If you lie to my face again in the future, I will really hit you.”
Yuan Rui cried for innocence, “But I didn’t lie.”
Zheng Qiuyang interrogated him, “Come again? When did you tell me that you and Meng Lai met in Hainan?”
Yuan Rui stilled for a moment, then replied, “Do you remember the huge coconuts picture I sent you that one time? A little after that, I told you that I saw a handsome guy.”
“…Are you joking with me?” Zheng Qiuyang was in disbelief.
Sometimes, Yuan Rui’s brain gears really go beyond itself, he answered seriously, “I’m really not. Aside from his looks, there’s nothing else worthy to mention about him.”
“…”
That logic didn’t seem wrong.
Seeing that Zheng Qiuyang’s expression had lightened a lot more, Yuan Rui thought the storm was over. He said, “Alright, you go ahead and keep watching TV, I’m gonna call Auntie Yang back.”
In Zheng Qiuyang’s view, Yang Lu was no longer the important person to Yuan Rui, but an absolute enemy. With so much going on now, if Yang Lu helped Yuan Rui overcome this, what do they repay her with? Did she really want Yuan Rui as her son? The more Zheng Qiuyang contemplated it, the angrier it made him.
Yuan Rui was just about to make the call when Zheng Qiuyang snatched his phone away. He wrapped his arms around Yuan Rui’s waist and started an intense kiss with no primer warning.
Yuan Rui was caught off guard and hazed from the kiss for a bit before he subconsciously started kissing back.
Yesterday, they stripped their bed of its virginity by having sex on it for the first time. Today, they shall do it on their new sofa.
Today’s Mr. Zheng doesn’t really want to be an uncle. He would be willing to step down a rank of seniority and be called Gege.
They really have no tacit understanding whatsoever 😂😂
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Yuan Rui, you’re so damn dense! but that make you adorable! Zheng Qiuyang would never beat you!
thanks for the chapter <3
Yuan rui is totally hopeless 😂😂
Thanks for the chapter ♥️♥️
And people think Yuan Rui is an idiot… ZQY is an even bigger idiot for thinking that Yuan Rui is any kind of liar or schemer!! He’s judging Yuan Rui by the same stick as the rest of us when he should realize by now how different Yuan Rui is! 😠
Hihi 🙂 just checking in if everything was okay? Thanks for translating so many chapters!! This story is so fun to read. I always look forward to it! ^_^
thank you ^^ life just got a little too busy so i went on a hiatus for about a month, now the updates are back~
Yay!!! Hope life has calmed down for you ❤️
thanks for the chapter!